Best Sport movies of 1980s

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ángela Molina, Wesley Snipes, Adrian Pasdar,
Directors : Joe Roth,

Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets ...

Actors : Erin Gray, Kenny Rogers, Diane Lane, Barry Corbin,
Directors : Daniel Petrie,

Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases ...

Actors : Lino Banfi, Giuliana Calandra, Licinia Lentini, Camillo Milli,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

Trainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second ...

Actors : Carrie Snodgress, David Anthony Marshall, Brad Pitt, Ricky Schroder,
Directors : Sandy Tung,

When Billy returns from reform school he has to attend a different high school at the other side of town. He tries to start with a clean slate but his old rival doesn't make it easy on him ...

Actors : Alfonso Santagata, Mariella Valentini, Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando,
Directors : Nanni Moretti,

Because of an accident, Michele (a leader of P.C.I. and a water-polo player) loses his memory. During one water-polo match, strange guys torment him; they want him to remember his past. As ...

Actors : Burt Young, Vicki Frederick, Laurene Landon, Peter Falk,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

Harry manages The California Dolls, a female wrestling tag team endlessly touring America, and he's also romantically involved with one of them. Their fortunes seem on the slide (...

Actors : Loren Avedon, Billy Blanks, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud,
Directors : Lucas Lowe,

A cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.

Actors : Michael Pataki, Mitchell Gaylord, Janet Jones, Tiny Wells,
Directors : Albert Magnoli,

Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful ...

Actors : Billy Connolly, Kenny Ireland, Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley,
Directors : David Leland,

An unemployed Scottish miner (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.

Actors : Ekta Sohini, Dev Anand, Aamir Khan, Aditya Pancholi,
Directors : Dev Anand,

The DGP of Police discovers a terrorist plot hatched by a sacked cricketer to blow up the stadium where an important cricket match is in progress.

Actors : Cynthia Dale, David Naughton, Christopher Plummer, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

Based on the life of Ned Hanlan, the late-19th century Canadian sculler and world champion. Hanlan was one of the first scullers to successfully utilize the "sliding seat."

Actors : Joe Mari Avellana, Rob Kaman, Billy Blanks, Don Wilson,
Directors : Terence H. Winkless,

Don Wilson plays retired kickboxer Jake Raye, who travels to Manila, where his brother is favored to win a kickboxing competition. His brother is killed, and Jake realizes he must enter the...

Actors : Lou Albano, Tanya Roberts, Dirk Benedict, Roddy Piper,
Directors : Hal Needham,

M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!)...

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Massimo Boldi, Teo Teocoli, Diego Abatantuono,
Directors : Carlo Vanzina,

The misadventures of three soccer fans, all played by Abatantuono.

Actors : Perry Lang, Richard Roundtree, Scott Strader, Mariska Hargitay,
Directors : Steve Carver,

The coach of a college tennis team is given an ultimatum: put together a winning team, or else.

Actors : Roger Moore, Simon Shepherd, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Shari Belafonte,
Directors : Willy Bogner,

A tycoon's children and creditors compete for his money in an athletic contest.

Actors : Harold Hopkins, Jack Thompson, Frank Wilson, Graham Kennedy,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.

Actors : Brent Beckett, Hawthorne James, Maggie Hughes, Michael Michaud,
Directors : William T. Naud,

In this parody of the Rocky films, Ricky Wanero is a male gigolo and stripper who sets out to beat "The Champ" in the boxing ring.

Actors : Leon Isaac Kennedy, Steve Antin, Anthony Geary, Ric Mancini,
Directors : Jamaa Fanaka,

A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud.

Actors : Keanu Reeves, Rita Tushingham, Olivia d'Abo, Jessica Steen,
Directors : Paul Lynch,

Robin and her father have a car accident. Her father dies. Robin is badly injured and cannot compete in gymnasics tournaments anymore. Shattered dreams. She lives with her mother and bad ...